The ECOWAS Court president hat 70 per cent of the court's judgements are being disobeyed across the sub-region.
Edward Asante, the President of the Court, said, in Abuja, that 70 per cent of the court’s judgements are being disobeyed across the sub-region.Mr Asante spoke on Monday at the opening of the court’s new building in Abuja.by the ECOWAS Commission headquartered in Abuja.
“Agba Jalingo was arrested and chained to a deep freezer for about 34 days without being charged to court, brutalised and dehumanised,” SERAP had argued before the court.The court president solicited the financial support of the Federal Capital Territory minister in off-setting its rent of the new office accommodation.
He recalled the decade-long engagement with the Nigerian government to secure a replacement of the court accommodation due to the inadequacy of its previous Headquarters at Wuse area of Abuja.
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